Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.07 schools in and around Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes: 6 elementary schools and 1 secondary school
All of them belong to Centre de services scolaire des Samares. In Quebec, there’s no schools grade: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Where the 7 schools in and around Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
No school here teaches in English.
Quebec’s Charter of the French Language sends most children to French-language schools; English public schooling is for children who hold a certificate of eligibility.
Who runs Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
No mix of systems here: every one French service centres.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
The neighbourhood school
Each school serves a defined area. A place elsewhere is possible when that school has room.
English schools in Quebec
Bill 101 limits English public schools to eligible children, mostly those with a parent schooled in English in Canada.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 7 schools in and around Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
High schools within reach of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 11: 9 French public, 1 independent and 1 English public. For the shortest journey, École secondaire du Bois-Brûlé: 3.2 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire du Bois-BrûléSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 3.2 km |
| École de l'Espace-JeunesseAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 5.8 km |
| Académie Antoine ManseauSecondary | – | Independent | 7.5 km |
| École Barthélemy-JolietteAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 7.5 km |
| École secondaire Thérèse-MartinSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 7.5 km |
| École secondaire Thérèse-MartinSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 7.5 km |
| École secondaire de JolietteSecondary | Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier | English public | 8.5 km |
| École Barthélemy-JolietteAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 8.5 km |
| École Barthélemy-JolietteSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 8.7 km |
| École secondaire de l'ÉrablièreSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 9.3 km |
All 11 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Barthélemy-JolietteAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 12 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Quebec
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | English | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Denis-de-Brompton | 5,249 | 2 | 0 | 11 km |
| … | ||||
| Havre-Saint-Pierre | 3,389 | 6 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| Compton | 3,351 | 11 | 0 | 5.6 km |
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste | 3,332 | 7 | 1 | 7 km |
| Saint-Jean-Port-Joli | 3,330 | 4 | 0 | 13 km |
| Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes | 3,328 | 7 | 0 | 3.2 km |
| Grande-Rivière | 3,318 | 6 | 0 | 2.3 km |
| Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska | 3,307 | 23 | 0 | 4.2 km |
| Saint-André-d'Argenteuil | 3,300 | 7 | 1 | 8.3 km |
| Sainte-Clotilde | 3,297 | 1 | 0 | 15 km |
| … | ||||
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | 2,505 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 km |
31 of the 170 others have more schools in reach. In 43 of the 171, at least one school teaches in English.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | English | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 km |
| Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare 4.5 km | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4.7 km |
| Saint-Charles-Borromée 4.6 km | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1.3 km |
| Sainte-Mélanie 4.7 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 km |
| Notre-Dame-des-Prairies 4.9 km | 25 | 2 | 2 | 2.7 km |
| Joliette 8.1 km | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Sainte-Élisabeth 8.3 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 km |
The neighbour with most schools is Joliette (26).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. The province’s 2025-26 list.
- Boards and systems. Quebec organises public schools by language: service centres in French, school boards in English; private schools have neither.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- One school, two buildings. Where a school spans two buildings, each is listed, with its name in brackets.
- Which schools count. Counted: Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- The kinds of school. Each school is elementary, secondary or all-grade by the grades it teaches; alternative, adult and online programs sit in a group of their own.
Questions about schools in Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
Is there a English-language school in Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes?
Not near Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes: within 3 km there is none, and the English-language board points to the closest.
How do I get a place at a school in Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes?
Go to the service centre for your area, or to the English school board if the child is eligible.
Sources: Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec, school locations (CC BY 4.0) · map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).